Obsessed with TV and passionate about writing, Issa Rae sent an unsolicited script to CBS’s&nbsp;Cosby&nbsp;when she was still in middle school. By her 20's, she realized there was a certain type of character that was absent from the media landscape—a character she would eventually inhabit in her breakout YouTube series, "Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl." From there, Issa created the five-season HBO hit Insecure, but first went through a bruising gauntlet of rejections and reversals as she learned to navigate Hollywood. Today, Issa has built a company—HOORAE Media—which produces her new HBO show, Rap Sh!t, and multiple other TV and film projects.&nbsp;Listen to&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-creators-with-guy-raz/id1640546593" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Great Creators</a>&nbsp;launching September 20thSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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